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Cazwell J. Page, Jr. Collection (1790) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 17900000000
Title
Cazwell J. Page, Jr. Collection (1790) Finding Aid
Finding Aid Date
2025-05-28
Linear Feet
2.5
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 1967 - 2001
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, articles, newspaper clippings, photographs, reports, VHS and audio cassette tapes, and artifacts documenting Cazwell J. Page's work with the Saigon Mission Association - where he worked to bring Vietnamese refugees to the United States - and his work as an arms inspector with the Vietnamese Army Arsenal.
1
Moving Images
1790VI4716 - VHS - Ripcord
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1
Audio
1790AU4844 - Cassette - Last Broadcast from Saigon
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2
Museum Objects
1790museum7467 - Republic of Vietnam Army Arsenal Medal

1790museum7468 - Plaque presented to Cazwell J. Page, Jr. by Colonel Huynh Thu Toan
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2
Maps
1790map0449 - Saigon Facilities Map (annotated)

1790map0450 - Saigon & Vicinity (annotated)
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2
Serials
Refugee Reports: 1986: January 24; 1987: January 23
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4
Scrapbooks
1790scrapbook1778 - Photo album

1790scrapbook1779 - Photo album

1790scrapbook1780 - Photo album

1790scrapbook1781 - Photo album
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15
Newsletters
Diocese of Pittsburgh Monthly Newsletter: 1980: March, April, May-July, August

GVNWCC Newsletter: 1986: July

Asian Pacific Monitor: 1985: December

Saigon Mission Association Newsletter: 1985: June

The Vietnam Women's Memorial Project Newsletter: 1987: September

Ripcord Report: 1997: February

Boat People S.O.S. News Bulletin: 1994: June/July; 1995: December; 1996: July

National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia Newsletter: 1996: March 29 (2 copies)

Southeast Asian & Afghanistan Review: 1987: December
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25
Photographs
15 photographs - tanks; ships; b&w, color; 4 x 5 inches

3 photographs - Taiwanese Admiral Liu Guangkai meeting with others; b&w; 5 x 7 inches

1 photograph - Vietnam memorial; color; 8 x 10 inches

6 color negative strips - South Vietnam captured equipment
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  • Box 1 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D185.7]]
  • Box 2 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D185.7]]
  • Box 1000 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, [Individual Collections - Oversize ]]
  • U.S. Embassy Saigon Office of the Mission Warden resident warden orientation packet (1975)
  • Teletypes and other material from DAO and Air Force on C5A crash and personnel involved (Operation Babylift) (1975-1989)
  • Operation Babylift - clippings, public remarks, writings, memos/correspondence, KIA lists, accident reports, notes, personal narratives (1975-1998)
  • Excerpts/clippings; correspondence; notes; reports; minutes; Saigon Mission Association constitution and bylaws; downed C5A personnel lists (Operation Babylift) (1980-1990)
  • C5A crash (Operation Babylift) - notes, personnel lists, public remarks (1985-1989, No Date)
  • Correspondence and Operation Babylift downed C5A personnel lists (1986)
  • Personal histories of DAO personnel on C5A (Operation Babylift) (No Date)
  • Orderly Departure Program and refugee materials (1 of 2) (1975-1997)
  • Orderly Departure Program and refugee materials (2 of 2) (1975-1997)
  • Orderly Departure Program - articles/clippings; correspondence; Congressional records; guidelines; factsheets; petitions (including supporting documents), questionnaires, and other forms (1976-1986)
  • U.S. government department statements on various refugee subjects (1979-1980, No Date)
  • Saigon Mission Association - correspondence, bulletins, minutes, mailing lists, notes (1984-1987)
  • National League of Famlies and other POW/MIA materials (1983-1997)
  • Clippings/excerpts, correspondence, notes, reports, flyers (1973-1982)
  • Correspondence (1974-1996)
  • Correspondence and notes (1985-1986)
  • Correspondence and clippings (1986-1987)
  • Correspondence and contact information (1991-1992, No Date)
  • Articles/clippings/excerpts (1975-1995, 2000)
  • Public remarks (1988-1989)
  • Notes (1985-1986, No Date)
  • Manual, history of the Vietnamese Army Arsenal, executive orders, memos, Vietnamese documents (1972-1975, 1996)
  • U.S. State Department policy statements and fact sheets (1984-1985)
  • Reference materials, guidelines, pamphlets, fact sheets (1967-1986)
  • Please Don't Kill the Orphans by Merritt W. Stark (1989)
  • Các Trận Đánh [Cac Tran Danh] by Phu Luc Giao Trinh et al. (No Date)
  • Taiwan Report and Combined Service Forces publication (1969, No Date)
  • Information on Ripcord VHS tape (1790VI4716) - memos/correspondence, notes, articles/clippings, reports, service records, witness statements, personal narrative (1970, 1989-1996)
  • Letter from Colonel Huynh Thu Toan to Cazwell Page and a Vietnamese Army Arsenal welcome packet (1975, No Date)
  • Clippings (1982-2001)
  • Passport photocopies (1988-1990)

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=17900000000

Citation
Cazwell J. Page, Jr. Collection (1790) Finding Aid, Cazwell J. Page, Jr. Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=17900000000, Accessed 12 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
17900000000, Cazwell J. Page, Jr. Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 28 May 2025 [Updated: 02 Jun 2025]